Unload Success! (was: Re: unload / reload blues)

I found a way to get my Informix unload/reload process to work. (I've done it twice now, so it must be repeatable. 8^) Highlight from the successful methods are included below. >Strike 3: (tbunload -> tbload) - This should be it, right? BZZZT! >tbload doesn't like the tape's contents. (BTW, /dev/rcht0 is a 4mm SCSI >DAT drive hooked up to server01.) > >The following command: > server01% tbunload -t /dev/rcht0 -b 16 -s 2097152 db > >completes in ~15 minutes. But then, I try "tbunload" into an empty >dbspace: > server0% tbload -t server01:/dev/rcht0 -b 16 -s 2097152 db > Please mount tape and press Return to continue ... > Error inserting system catalog record. > ISAM error: duplicate value for a record with unique key I had my Unix system administrator move the tape device from server01 to server0. Then I ran the above sequence again, with the new tape configuration. server01% tbload -t server0:/dev/rcht0 -b 16 -s 2097152 db [takes about 45 minutes] server0% tbunload -t /dev/rcht0 -b 16 -s 2097152 db [also takes about 45 minutes] In looking at the new database on server0, it's identical to the database on server01 at the time the tbload was done. I'm happy. 8^) I got several other suggestions about alternative ways to do this. I'll summarize those in a followup post. ...gwr... -- George Rapp Mail: gwr@metronet.com (home, preferred) - gwr@edsr.eds.com (work) or: /DD.ID=MSMWHQ01.GRAPP01/@eds.diamondnet.sprint.com (work) Phone: 214/604-1036 (voice - work) 214/604-1126 (fax)